If you want results, you have to stop the excuses

At the end of the day, you either have a result or an excuse. What’s it gonna be for you?

Should there be more gun control in the U.S.?

Take a second and think about what has been happening with the guns lately: How safe do you feel? I believe that there should be more gun control, because more and more people are misusing them. Too many people are getting killed. They are getting into the wrong hands.

Snowy weather makes trouble for Diamond Match Company

20 Years Ago — 2000

'Tots' campaign inches upward

SANDPOINT — Scattered through the Toys for Tots donations are the names of just about every business and group in the community — from Sandpoint to Clark Fork and Dover to Ponderay and all points in-between.

Choices on technology put privacy in the past

Society's love affair with technological convenience shows no sign of slowing. There's an app for everything; we want it all and we want it now. That's clear from the long lines for each new iPhone, Android, and OS.

Land to expand

Silverwood request to rezone adjacent acres approved by commissioners

There could be more laughs, more screams, more sugary treats on Silverwood property in upcoming years.

Pike fishing going well on area lakes

Fish Tips

Bud Frasca, of North West Classic Tackle in Hayden, said pike fishing on Coeur d'Alene and Hayden lakes is going strong.

Fewer breaks for sticker scofflaws

SANDPOINT - Fewer breaks will be given to boaters caught navigating Bonner County waterways without Idaho invasive species stickers.

It takes a gingerbread village

Artist's offer creates partnership to help Children's Village

COEUR d'ALENE - It was an offer no one could refuse.

Shakespeare in a silo?

New theater located in grain storage building

Local Briefs March 3, 2012

Food and Fun... The perfect recipe

Relish cooking show featuring celebrity chef dazzles

POST FALLS - Sue Niegel relishes good food.

CycleMetrix opens in Dalton Gardens

Business Bits

Emphasizing sport level, high performance and triathlon bikes, CycleMetrix has opened in Suite 2 at 7600 Government Way in Dalton Gardens. The 1,900- square-foot location includes a retail showroom, fitting area and service bay.

U.S. retail sales dragged down

Fewer auto purchases even with cheaper gas

You can't limit hunger

Study: Fast-food limits didn't cut obesity rate in South LA

LOS ANGELES - A much-hailed law that restricted the opening of new stand-alone fast-food restaurants in one of the poorest sections of Los Angeles did not curb obesity or improve diets, a new study found.

Optimistic and upbeat

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence jumped this month on a better outlook for hiring and overall growth, supporting other signs that show the economy could accelerate in 2014.

Severe winter holding up economy?

U.S. consumer spending up modest 0.3 percent

38 years of sentimental value returned

Woman relieved wedding band, anniversary ring her late husband gave her returned

HAYDEN LAKE — After an exhaustive search, Dora Van Dyke thought the wedding band and anniversary ring her late husband Dennis gave her were history.

GDP shrinks 0.2 percent

Economy not as bad in first quarter, paving way for rebound

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of the year, just not as much as previously estimated. More recent data show that the weakness was largely temporary, with a rebound in the works for the April-June quarter.

New year in the neighborhood

Welcome to 2017. We want to hear from you.